Tag-steinging- device



O. C. STEIN.

1,325,592. l t Patented Deo.23,1919.,

OSCAR C. STEIN, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TAG-STRINGING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application led. August 29, 1919. Serial No. 320,700.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR C. STEIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Stringing Devices, of which the following is ay specification.

My invention relates to devices for securing strings to tags.

It has for its object the provision of a simple and inexpensive device by means of which a plurality of tags may be manually supplied with strings in rapid succession.

My invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of the device, showing a plurality of tags ready for the stringing operation, and a string in position to receive a tag;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, showing the second operation in the application of the string to the tag; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tag with the string attached.

The device consists of a base 10Y of any desired form having a pin 11 projecting upwardly upon which a plurality of tags may be stacked. The base also has a forwardly extending portion 12, preferably shaped as a triangle with rounded sides. Upon portion 12 is mounted a horn or separator 13. This horn has a curved edge 1A extending from the apex of the forwardly extending portion 12 over the. top 15 of the horn. The top and front of the horn preferably have the edge 1A fairly sharp, but the shape of the rear side is not importa-nt so long as it is substantially smooth. Pin

Vll has a notch 16'in its rear side and near its top fora burpose to be described.

The operation of the device will now be described. A stack of tags t is placed upon pin 11 yas shown in Fig. 1, and a string s looped over the pin, being held against slipping off by notch 16. tag is lifted, carried over the top of the pin and onto the looped string to a position substantially that occupied by the reference character s in Fig. 1. The tag and string are now lowered, care being taken to hold the string Vcentrally over the top 15 of the horn. The horn, primarily, and the portion The uppermost 12 subsequently, will separate the two parallel strands of the string, causing them to spread apart as shown in Fig. 2. The tag, now in the position t, is turned over (its top moved toward'the paper in the view in Fig. 2) and its upper end (that opposite the string hole) passed between the separated strands. It is usually convenient during this operation to tip the tag so that it will pass edgewise between the strands. String s may now be disengaged from the pin and the tag drawn tightly into the loop, securing the string to the tag as illustrated in Fig. 3.

ift will be found that tags can be strung very rapidly by the use of my device, the sequence of operation, although long in description, being gone through by a skilled operator faster than the eye can follow. lVhile the embodiment shown is capable of producing excellent results I do not wish to be limited to this eXact form and have pointed out in the appended claims what I deem the scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A tag Stringing device comprising a base, a pointed forwardly-projecting portion thereof, a horn mounted upon the said portion, and a pin having a notch near the top thereof located rearwardly of the horn.

A tag Stringing device comprising a base, a pin thereon upon which a plurality of tags may be stacked, said pin having means for retaining a looped string above the tags, and a separator for the strands forming the loop mounted forwardly of said pin.

3. A tag sti-inging device comprising a base, a forwardly projecting portion thereof having curved sides converging toa point, a horn mounted on said portion and having curved sides converging to a sharp edge on the front and top, a pin mounted on said base at a point directly to the rear of the horn, and a notch on the rear side of the pin near the top thereof. Y

A. A tag Stringing device comprising a base, a pin thereon having means for retaining the loop of a string, and apointed separator for the strands forming the loop, said' separator being mounted forwardly of the pin.

osoAE o. STEIN. 

